Lexical Definition

‎ὄνομα‎ ónoma (on'-om-ah) name ^G:N-N
from a presumed derivative of the base of ‎γινώσκω‎ (compare ‎ὀνίνημι‎)

called, (+ sur-)name(-d).

• a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)

Abbott-Smith

ὄνομα, -τος, τό, [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם;]
1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Mt 10:2, Mk 3:16, Lk 1:63, Jo 18:10, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (Bl., § 30, 3), Mk 14:32, Lk 1:26, 27; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ. ὄ. αὐτοῦ (ὄ. αὐτῷ), Lk 1:5, Jo 1:6, al.; ὀνόματι, seq. nom. prop., Mt 27:32, Mk 5:22, Lk 1:5, Ac 5:1, al.; acc. absol. (Bl., § 34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ. ὄνομα), Mt 27:57; ὄ. μοι (sc. ἐστίν; cf. Hom., Od., ix, 366), Mk 5:9 (cf. Lk 8:30); ἔξειν ὄ., Re 9:11; καλεῖν (ἐπιτιθέναι) ὄ. (Bl., § 33, 1), Mt 1:21, Mk 3:16; τ. ὄ. ἐν (τ.) βίβλῳ ζωῆς (cf. Deiss., LAE, 121), Phl 4:3, Re 13:8, cf. Lk 10:20 (ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς); ὄ. βλασφημίας, Re 13:1; the name as opp. to the reality, Re 3:1 (cf. Hdt., vii, 138); as a title: Eph 1:21, Phl 2:9, 10 (Lft., in l.).
2. By a usage similar to that with ref. to Heb. שֵׁם (Lft., Notes, 106 f.), but also common in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 100; Bl., § 39, 4; Deiss, BS, 146 f., 196 f.; LAE, 1234, of all that the name implies, of rank, authority, character, etc.: of acting on one's authority or in his behalf, ἐν (εἰς) ὄ., c. gen. pers. (v. reff. supr.), Mt 10:41 21:9 28:19, Mk 11:9, Lk 13:35, Jo 5:43, Ac 8:16, I Co 1:13; of the name Christian, I Pe 4:16; esp. of the name of God as expressing the divine attributes: ἁγιάζειν (ἅγιον) τὸ ὄ. (τ. Πατρός, Κυρίου), Mt 6:9, Lk 1:49 11:2; ψάλλειν (ὁμολογεῖν) τῷ ὀ., Ro 15:9, He 13:15; δοξάζειν (φανεροῦν, φοβεῖσθαι) τὸ ὄ., Jo 12:28 17:6, 26, Re 11:18 15:4; βλασφημεῖν, Ro 2:24, I Ti 6:1, Re 13:6; similarly, of the name of Christ: τ. καλὸν ὄ. (Deiss., LAE, 276); πιστεύειν τῷ ὀ., I Jo 3:23; π. εἰς τ. ὄ. (Bl., § 39, 4), Jo 1:12 2:23 3:18; ὀνομάζειν τὸ ὄ., II Ti 2:19; κρατεῖν, Re 2:13; οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι, Re 3:8; ἐν τ. ὀ. (v. reff. supr.), Mk 9:38 [17](/btb/interlinear/41%20-%20Mark/16/Mark.16.17.html)], Lk 10:17, Jo 14:13 16:23, 24 20:31, Ac 3:6 4:12, Eph 5:20, I Pe 4:14, al.; εἰς τ. ὄ. συνάγεσθαι, Mt 18:20; ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀ., Mt 19:29; διὰ τὸ ὄ., Mt 10:22, Mk 13:13, al.; διὰ τοῦ ὀ., I Co 1:10; ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀ., Ac 9:16, Ro 1:5, al.; id. absol., Ac 5:41, III Jo 7; πρὸς τὸ ὄ., Ac 26:9.
3. cause, ground, reason (in cl., usually in bad sense, pretext): Mk 9:41 (Swete, in l.; Dalman, Words, 305 f.).
4. In late Greek (Deiss., BS., 196 f.), an individual, a person: Ac 1:15, Re 3:4 11:13.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὄνομα,

Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect ὄνῠμα [Refs]; Laconian dialect *ἔνυμα probably in proper nouns Ἐνυμακρατίδας [Refs]; poetry also (for the sake of meter) οὔνομα (see.below), which appears regularly in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+], and sometimes in other Ionic dialect prose authors (variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+], but is probably not Ionic; Ionic dialect Inscrr. have only ὄνομα, [ὄνομα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.16, 364, 366, 19.183, ὄνομ᾽ (α) 4.710 ">Refs 8th c.BC+] et saep.:—name of a person or thing, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] always of a person, except ἐρέω δέ τοι οὔνομα λαῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἀρήτη δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐπώνυμον [ὄνομα">Refs 8th c.BC+] is used absolutely, by name, πόλις ὄ. Καιναί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀνόματι λέγειν by name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄνομα by name, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ᾽ ὄ. each by his name, [NT]

__2 ὄ. τίθεσθαι or θέσθαι τινί give one a name, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, ὄ. κεῖταί τινι[Refs]; ὄ. ἐστι or κεῖται ἐπί τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὄ. φέρειν or ἐπιφέρειν ἐπί τι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call one by name, εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽, ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—so in passive, ὄ. δ᾽ ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; reversely, ὄνομα καλεῖν τινι give a name to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II name, fame, Ἰθάκης γε καὶ ἐς Τροίην ὄνομ᾽ ἵκει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄ. ἔχειν or σχεῖν ἀπό τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὀνόματι εἶναι to have a name, to be notable, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]notably, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III a name and nothing else, opposed to the real person or thing, ἵνα μηδ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀνθρώποισι λίπηται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔργον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀνόματι διαφέρεσθαι dispute about a word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 false name, pretence, pretext, ὀνόματι ἐννόμῳ ξυμμαχίας under the pretence.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV in periphrastic phrases, ὄ. τῆς σωτηρίας, ={σωτηρία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with the names of persons, periphrastic for the person, ὦ φίλτατον ὄ. Πολυνείκους [Refs]
__IV.2 of persons, ὄχλος ὀνομάτων [NT]; ἕτερα ὀ. ἀντ᾽ αὐτοῦ.. πέμψαι Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in Accountancy, both of persons and things (cf. Latin nomen), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βαρέσαι τὸ ἐμὸν ὄ. charge my account, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in registers of titledeeds, etc., οἰκίας οὐ κειμένης ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἀποδομένης not booked under the name of the seller, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὀνόματι ἰδιωτικῆς under the head of private land, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; δικαιώματα.. ἑκάστῳ ὀνόματι παράκειται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in tax-receipts, ἔσχον ὀνόματος Σομτοῦς on account of [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V phrase, expression, especially of technical terms, ὀ. τὰ ἐν τῇ ναυτικῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI Grammars, word, opposed to ῥῆμα (expression), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἰλλαίνειν ὄ. the word ἰλλαίνειν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VI.2 noun, opposed to ῥῆμα (verb, predicate), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as one of five parts of speech, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὄ. κύριον a proper name, opposed to προσηγορικόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of adjectives, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Gothic namo, genitive namins, Latin nōmen, Sanskrit nāma.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.1.15}